Listen, if you don’t have Scotland on your list of places to visit. You should add it. Like seriously. It was beautiful and the people were so friendly. If you like old architecture like myself it is a treasure trove. We started with exploring Glasgow and Edinburgh. On the way from Glasgow to Edinburgh, we stopped at the Scotland Owl Centre. The flying show was informative and cool. The King and Queen were in Edinburgh while we were there. Sadly, they didn’t invite us to dinner.

Then we went to the Highlands. Our focus was Cawdor Castle and Loch Ness. We found out about Fort George and decided to start there. We were able to see dolphins from the fort too so that was really cool!

Then we headed over to Cawdor Castle. The whole Shakespeare connection drew us there, but feeling like I was living in the Secret Garden was a bonus. It’s also really cool that the owner still lives in the castle for most of the year. Wade really wanted to see Highland cows and we made that happen too.

Then we headed to Urquhart Castle. Cool castle on a cool Loch, win/win! FYI, most of the sheep on the hillsides were naked, but I did finally find some fully dressed.

Oh! We found the Loch Ness monster too! scariest thing I’ve ever seen.

Even with the wind, the cold, and the rain, I’d go back to Scotland again and again. Don’t be sleeping on this amazing place! We will definitely be going back to explore more.